A Prayer of Repentance

¹Kumholi wokuhlabelela. Ihubo likaDavide ekufikeni komprofethi uNathani kuye emva kokuya kwakhe kuBati Sheba. Ngihawukele, Nkulunkulu, ngokomusa wakho; yesula iziphambeko zami ngokobubele bakho obukhulu.

²Ngigezisise ebubini bami, ungihlanze esonweni sami.

³Ngokuba ngiyazazi iziphambeko zami; isono sami siphambi kwami njalo.

⁴Ngonile kuwe wena wedwa, ngakwenza okubi emehlweni akho, ukuze uthiwe ulungile ekukhulumeni kwakho, uchache ekwahluleleni kwakho. 51:4 Rom. 3:4.

⁵Bheka, ngazalelwa ebubini, umame wangithabatha esonweni. 51:5 Gen. 8:21; Jobe 14:4; 25:4; Joh. 3:6.

⁶Bheka, uthanda iqiniso ngaphakathi enhliziyweni; wongifundisa ukuhlakanipha ekujuleni kwenhliziyo.

⁷Ngihlanze ngehisopi, ngihlambuluke; ngigeze, ngibe mhlophe kuneqhwa. 51:7 Lev. 14:4,6; Num. 19:18; Isaya 1:18.

⁸Ngizwise intokozo nenjabulo, ukuze ethabe amathambo owachobozileyo.

⁹Fihla ubuso bakho ezonweni zami, wesule zonke izenzo zami ezimbi.

¹⁰Nkulunkulu, dala kimi inhliziyo ehlanzekileyo, uvuse umoya oqinileyo phakathi kwami. 51:10 Hez. 11:19; 36:26.

¹¹Ungangilahli ebusweni bakho, ungangemuki uMoya wakho oNgcwele.

¹²Buyisela kimi ukuthokoza kwensindiso yakho, ungiphase ngomoya ovumayo. 51:12 Rom. 8:15.

¹³Khona ngiyakufundisa abaphambukayo izindlela zakho; nezoni ziyakuphendukela kuwe.

¹⁴Ngikhulule ecaleni legazi, Nkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu wensindiso yami. Khona ulimi lwami luyakuhubela ukulunga kwakho. 51:14 2 Sam. 11:17.

¹⁵Nkosi, vula izindebe zami, ukuze umlomo wami ulande ngodumo lwakho.

¹⁶Ngokuba awuwuthandi umhlatshelo; noma bengizakukunika umnikelo wokushiswa, ubungayikuthokoza ngawo. 51:16 AmaH. 40:6; Hos. 6:6.

¹⁷Iminikelo kaNkulunkulu ingumoya owaphukileyo; inhliziyo eyaphukileyo nedabukileyo, Nkulunkulu, awuyikuyidelela. 51:17 Isaya 66:2.

¹⁸Lenzele iSiyoni okuhle ngokomusa wakho, uzakhe izingange zaseJerusalema.

¹⁹Khona uyakuyijabulela iminikelo yokulunga eshiswayo neshiswa yonke; khona bayakunikela ngezinkunzi phezu kwe-altare lakho.